On Friday 21 May 2021 21:39:02 J Leslie Turriff wrote: > On 2021-05-21 19:08:36 Gene Heskett via tde-users wrote: > > And that is indeed the crux of the matter. Problem solving is not on > > the agenda, the dregs of it vanished along with teaching phonics > > back in the 40's. > > Which is one of the reasons that we see so many foreigners here on > work visas. It's always a bit disconcerting to me to see all those > foreign names in articles about technology and engineering, but I look > at it as the same sort of thing as immigrant farm labour: if the > domestic labour force won't/can't do the work, more power to those who > will/can. > > Leslie Excellent point, Leslie, but try as you might, that point is lost on TPTB. Too much money and influence comes out of the swamp to ever successfully drain it. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
